Vielmo Architects

What Vielmo Architects does

Vielmo Architects (legal entity: vielmo architekten gmbH) is a privately held German architecture firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Stuttgart, with a second office in Berlin. It delivers professional architectural services across all HOAI service phases (LP 1–9), split between Object Planning (Objektplanung) — covering office/administration, government, education, cultural, sports, sacral, residential/hotel, industrial/commercial, monument restoration, and transportation infrastructure buildings — and Urban Planning (Städtebau). Clients are predominantly German public-sector and institutional buyers (federal ministries, the Deutsche Bundesbank, Sparkasse savings banks, AOK, the City of Mannheim, Hamburger Hochbahn/Deutsche Bahn), with selective international briefs including a German federal embassy in Cairo and master-planning work in China.

The firm's underlying technology stack rests on Building Information Modeling (BIM) executed primarily in Autodesk Revit, treated as the single source of planning and construction data, with interdisciplinary coordination of specialist planners governed by Lean Management methodologies — specifically the Last Planner System for activity planning, milestones, and barrier removal. A Virtual Reality room at the Stuttgart office allows two-person immersive design review. The firm maintains a feedback partnership with BIM software vendor Planworks, providing user input that shapes tool updates, and long-standing co-delivery partnerships with Kienleplan (landscape/urban planning) and Kohlbecker (integrated planning) for complex multi-disciplinary briefs.

Vielmo monetizes almost exclusively via project-based professional services fees governed by the German HOAI fee ordinance, acquired through architectural competitions (Realisierungswettbewerbe), invited competitions, and multiple commissionings rather than through product sales, licensing, or subscription revenue. No public pricing is disclosed, and the firm carries no outside investors, subsidiaries, or M&A history; ownership rests with the managing partner, Dipl.-Ing. Julian Vielmo, who serves as Managing Director. Project scale on flagship commissions (e.g., a Sparkasse branch at EUR 56.1M construction cost, a comprehensive school at EUR 22.97M) implies meaningful multi-million-Euro fee tickets but the firm has not disclosed its own revenue.

Name

Vielmo Architects

Legal name

vielmo architekten gmbh

Website

https://vielmo.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vielmo Architects is a German architecture firm offering object planning and urban design across public, institutional, and commercial briefs, using BIM and Lean Management methodologies, serving clients such as the Deutsche Bundesbank, German federal ministries, and savings banks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning services
• Building information modeling
• Monument preservation
• Object planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Vielmo Architekten generates revenue through project-based architectural design services, including object planning (Objektplanung) and urban planning (Städtebau). Projects span various categories: office/administration buildings, monument protection, design, gastronomy, industry/commerce, infrastructure/transport, culture/education, sacral buildings, redevelopment/reconstruction, sports facilities, urban planning, and residence/hotel. Services follow German HOAI (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure) phases (LP 1-9).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Vielmo Architekten GmbH is a German architecture firm providing object planning (Objektplanung) and urban planning (Städtebau) services. Projects span office/administration buildings, monument preservation, cultural and educational facilities, sports venues, sacral buildings, residential and hotel developments, infrastructure, and urban design. Service delivery is supported by BIM (Building Information Modeling) and Lean Management (Last Planner System) methodologies applied across all HOAI service phases 1-9.

Product overview

Vielmo Architekten GmbH is an architecture firm offering architectural and urban planning services. Their core offerings consist of Object Planning (architectural design services) and Urban Planning, supported by methodological tools including BIM (Building Information Modeling) and Lean Management. These services are applied across diverse building typologies including office/administration, cultural/educational, sports facilities, residential/hotel, industrial/commercial, and public infrastructure projects. The BIM and Lean methodologies represent planning approaches rather than standalone software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Object Planning (Objektplanung) Comprehensive architectural object planning services for buildings across various sectors including office, administration, cultural, educational, residential, and commercial projects, delivered across all HOAI service phases (LP 1-9).
• Urban Planning (Städtebau) Urban development and city planning services encompassing master planning, urban design competitions, and development concepts for large-scale urban areas, delivered in collaboration with landscape architecture partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hamburg-Barmbek station received BDA Hamburg Architecture Prize 2014 and Audience Architecture Prize 2014
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Kienleplan GmbH (Kienleplan Gesamtplan GmbH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration with Kienleplan GmbH for landscape architecture and urban planning projects. The partnership has produced multiple award-winning projects including Singen Heinrich-Weber-Platz (1st prize), Rastatt Barracks Canrobert urban planning competition (1st prize 1997), Esslingen Neue Weststadt, Ulm Citybahnhof and Citybahnhofsplatz, and Hangzhou/China International Office Base (1st prize 2007/08). Kienleplan specializes in landscape architecture and urban planning, complementing Vielmo's architectural services.
• Kohlbecker Gesamtplan GmbHsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Deutsche Botschaft Kairo (German Embassy Cairo) project, which involved complex requirements for diplomatic facilities. Kohlbecker provides integrated planning services for this international project.
• PlanworkssupportingTechnology or IntegrationClose collaboration with Planworks software developers for BIM software development. Vielmo provides regular user feedback to help improve BIM tools and develop updates with new features. This partnership enhances Vielmo's BIM capabilities through direct input into software development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• gmp Architekten: One of Germany's largest architecture practices with offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and globally; comparable because it competes for the same Realisierungswettbewerbe and serves federal, transportation, cultural and large-scale institutional clients across building typologies that overlap with Vielmo.
• Ingenhoven Architects: Düsseldorf-based German architecture firm known for sustainable, BIM-led public and corporate buildings; comparable because it targets the same German institutional and corporate clients and competes in prestigious architectural competitions for civic and cultural projects.
• Staab Architekten: Berlin-based German architecture practice recognized for cultural and public buildings; comparable because it operates in the same competition-based German institutional market and pursues related civic, museum and educational commissions.
• KSP Engel: German full-service architecture firm with similar project mix including public-sector, cultural, educational and corporate headquarters; comparable in scale, BIM-driven workflows, and competition-led acquisition model.
• HPP Architekten: Düsseldorf-based German architecture firm with offices including Stuttgart; directly comparable because it pursues the same German institutional, corporate, cultural and public-sector commissions and competes head-to-head in architectural competitions.
• Sauerbruch Hutton: Berlin-based German architecture firm with award-winning public and cultural building portfolio; comparable because it competes in the same BDA-recognized award ecosystem and pursues similar museum, civic and office commissions.
• RKW Architekten: Mid-sized German architecture firm active across commercial, residential and public typologies; comparable in scale and competition-based project acquisition for similar building categories served by Vielmo.
• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Berlin-based German architecture practice with strong cultural, educational and infrastructure portfolio; comparable because it is mid-sized, competition-active, and pursues the same public and institutional project types in Germany.
• Behnisch Architekten: Stuttgart-based German architecture firm with strong sustainability and public-building credentials; comparable because it shares the Stuttgart base, pursues similar civic, cultural and educational commissions, and operates in the same HOAI framework.

Broad incumbents

• David Chipperfield Architects: Berlin-headquartered international practice with deep German institutional and cultural-building portfolio; comparable because it competes for the same high-prestige public and cultural commissions in Germany as Vielmo, though at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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